Exercise 10. Reproduce the situations in which the following phrases are used.

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Exercise 10. Reproduce the situations in which the following phrases are used.

newcomers to the town, lend me some money, at this time of night, looked up and down the street, tell me the way to the post-office, a large black spot on its face, in time for the midnight collection, an invitation to dinner, to pay the postman double postage

DISCUSSION

Exercise 11. Work out the answers to the following questions.

1. In what ways did the narrator try to help Mr Simpson to post the letter? Why do you think he tried so hard? How does it characterize him?

2. Why couldn’t Mr Simpson put off posting his letter until the next day?

3. Can you prove that Mr Simpson was an absent-minded man?

4. What do you think the narrator said when the postman brought him the blue envelope with a large black spot on its face the next morning?

Exercise 12. Retell the text

a) as it is;

b) in the third person;

c) as if you were Mr Simpson.

UNIT 5

VOCABULARY PRACTICE

Exercise 1. Learn the following words and phrases.

bring[brɪŋ] up(brought)

success[sək'ses]

novel['nɔvəl]

encourage[ɪn'kʌrɪʤ]

give up(gave, given)

agent['eɪʤənt]

keen[kiːn]

almost['ɔːlməust]

waiter['weɪtə]

menu['menjuː]

price[praɪs]

high[haɪ]

salmon['sæmən]

guest[gest]

prepare[prɪ'p𝖼ə]

caviar['kævɪɑː]

order['ɔːdə] cheap[ʧiːp]

beefsteak['biːf'steɪk]

let[let] (let)

champagne[ʃæm'peɪn]

cost[kɔst] (cost)

bill[bɪl]

leave[liːv] (left)

dish[dɪʃ]

basket['bɑːskɪt]

peach[piːʧ]

weigh[weɪ]

Exercise 2. Choose the word in each group that is different. Give reasons.

1. bill, price, cost, fish, cheap

2. peach, beefsteak, caviar, salmon, guest

3. waiter, dish, novel, bill, menu, order

4. agent, waiter, guest, basket

5. bring up, prepare, cost, success, leave, weigh

Exercise 3. Match the word or phrase from 1–6 with the synonym from a–f.

1. sharp

2. not expensive

3. to get ready

4. nearly

5. not low

6. to allow

a. keen

b. cheap

c. high

d. to let

e. to prepare

f. almost

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